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Kan. House panel approves bill allowing discrimination based on religious beliefs
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas House committee on Wednesday will debate legislation aimed at protecting individuals, groups and businesses that refuse for religious reasons to recognize same-sex unions or provide benefits to gay couples.
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Utah anti-discrimination bill dead as lawmakers avoid LGBT-related legislation
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah Republican Senator pushing for a statewide anti-discrimination law says his bill appears to be dead as party leaders in the state Senate have decided to avoid legislation that may impact the state’s gay marriage case.
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Idaho House panel advances bill to allow religion-based discrimination
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho’s Capitol on Wednesday was again the focus of frustration among gay rights activists as lawmakers kept alive a bill that Republican religious conservatives argue is necessary to protect businesses from being forced to serve customers whose lifestyles offend their faith traditions.
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Pa. church revokes gay man’s membership, denies him communion
YORK, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man says he’s been kick out of the church he has attended for years, and where he was baptized, because he is gay.
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Ariz. House panel OKs bill allowing discrimination based on religious beliefs
PHOENIX — An Arizona House panel on Tuesday approved changes to a proposed law beefing up protections for businesses that assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays and others, but the changes didn’t placate critics who call the bill a way to allow discrimination.
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Idaho’s ‘Add the Words’ gay rights activists promised pro-bono legal help
BOISE, Idaho — Long before their arrests, activists seeking to add discrimination protections for gays and lesbians to Idaho’s Human Rights Act added lawyers: The 44 people facing misdemeanor trespass charges after Monday’s demonstration inside the Capitol’s Senate chambers have been promised pro-bono help.
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W.Va. Senate to consider workplace non-discrimination bill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate would make it unlawful for employers and landlords to discriminate against individuals based on their sexual orientation.
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Utah state Senator says LGBT anti-discrimination bill should be heard
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s legal fight over same-sex marriage has nothing to do with a proposed statewide anti-discrimination ban, a state senator said Friday.
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Complaint: Catholic school rescinded job offer after learning applicant was gay
BOSTON — A Boston man says in a complaint filed with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination that a Roman Catholic school rescinded a job offer after finding out he was married to another man.
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‘Add the Words’ activists eye bill that would allow denial of service to gays
BOISE, Idaho — Gay rights activists were stymied again this year in winning a hearing to “add the words” sexual orientation and gender identity to the Idaho Human Rights Act.